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Monday, 10 September 2012

#My10CommandmentsOfRelationships ~ (10) PEOPLE MATTER!!

The
pursuit of vision is daunting and risky. Often here and often there but
sometimes never around! (Click here and
tweet this). This excruciating aspect involved in the pursuit of one’s vision
ought to alert us to this- never treat the people we are in a relationship with
like the vision we are pursuing. A
critical look at this scripture and there is a semblance of what my 10th
commandment is all about- what profits a man if he gains the whole world and
loses his soul.

There
is the tendency for you to sacrifice the other person in the pursuit of your
vision. (Click here and tweet this). When
wisdom isn’t attached to your passion, you will end up gaining the whole world
but losing the most important aspect of life- people. When a person becomes so
detached from the realities of this life, it becomes easy to forget people
truly matter. You need people in order
for your vision to have significance. (Click
here and tweet this). Without people life will be meaningless!

A
survey conduct on patients who were dying proved that everyone needs “people”.
They were asked what their last wishes were and many said “they wish they had
spent a lot of time with their friends and family”. Unfortunately the
insatiable desire to be successful at all cost stopped them from doing so. Many
get so caught up with the vistas of the proceeds out of their vision and easily
forget human beings matter. (Click here
and tweet this). John C Maxwell says “people don’t care how much you know until
they know how much you care”. You can have it all but at the end of the day but
what really matters will be the lives you impacted not only with the proceeds
of your vision but also with presence.

At the
end of the day, people will always be around but everything you gain could be
lost in the “fires” of life. Your relationship with people determines how
successful or unsuccessful you will become. Every person you come across has
something valuable to contribute to your upward mobility in life. If you
position yourself strategically with the right kind of people, success will
never elude you. (Click here and tweet
this). Jesus though God, needed his PEOPLE (disciples) to function on earth. No one wins
in isolation. You could be the world’s most gifted person but without the
contribution of others, you will struggle to make it. Team up with the right
kind of people and watch your relationship blossom. No great individual has
broken this 10th commandment- understanding that people matter now
and will always do in the near future. (Click here
and tweet this).

I
intentionally listed “people matter” as my 10th commandment when it
comes to relationships. Everything in life hinges on human beings and your ability
to relate to them will determine how successful you can become. Finally John C
Maxwell says “use things to get people: don’t use people to get things”. Don’t
get to the crucible of your life before you wished you had made sure that
PEOPLE MATTER to you. (Click here and
tweet this). Go and practise these 10 commandments and watch your relationships
improve in all things pertaining to your life.

Question: What are you doing to show that people matter to you? Kindly
leave your comments on the blog.

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I am Joseph Akuoko II and serve as the resident pastor of the Redemption House Family Church in London. I see myself as being moulded into a God-fearing Charismatic leader, visionary, a godly-thinker, a prayer warrior and an anointed Worshipper. I classify my ministry into three facets - the Worship, the Word and the Warfare. I am an astute follower of excellence gifted with deep and godly poetic words coupled with a creative mind. The purpose of this blog is to see you raised through God’s word into areas of spiritual, political, social and financial spectra society has up on till now failed to fill with credible and integral individuals who have the fear of God.
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